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Post by Teresa on Oct 13, 2005 22:25:31 GMT -5
This is the book for me. It is wonderful. It's too late for me to write much about it now, but this is my choice for the Mock Caldecott. (unless something comes along and knocks my socks off).
I will write something more specific when it's not my bedtime.
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Post by Teresa on Oct 18, 2005 15:20:11 GMT -5
Cover art: incredible with a great play on the word "shorts" since the Panda is wearing shorts. I also like that the cover art is not used again in the story. End papers: beautiful color (lavendar in the front endpapers, blue in the back) and appropriate artwork The short stories are told by in the black/white line drawings on very muted backgrounds. One of my favorites is Stillwater's uncle looking at the moon. The book is a fabulous mix of full-spread illustration, one page illustration and (I don't know what else to call it) vignette illustration scattered over a page or two. I could go on and on about the different perspectives Muth uses throughout his illustrations, but I won't. I'll save that for the program in January.  |
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Post by Genie Bishop on Nov 3, 2005 20:46:07 GMT -5
I have to agree that the endpapers are beautiful and I like how the picture didn't change but the color did from the front endpaper to the back endpaper because it fit the story,that is, if you listen to Stillwater your view of things will change. I really like the black/white line drawings since it brings your attention to the fact that we have moved to a different time frame and they are beautifully drawn but I don't think you can tell the complete story Stillwater, the panda, is telling just from these black/white illustrations; you need the text. Now I don't know if this presents a problem or not in regards to the Caldecott Award. The other illustrations I think do tell the story on their own especially through the facial expressions of the characters and the colors used.
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